CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America
In 1885, the American West experienced anti-Chinese violence, where communities throughout California and the Pacific Northwest assaulted, killed, and expelled…
Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture
Near eastern studies professor Eve Krakowski investigates girls preparing to marry and become adults in the medieval Islamic Middle East…
Utopias of One
Utopias always fail, unless they only consist of one person. Even then, though they can be perfect, they come at…
Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay
When large-scale development faced San Francisco in the 1950s, formerly a low-rise city, arts professionals from graphic designers to sculptors…
The Oresteia: Norton Critical Edition
This Norton Critical Edition of Aeschylus’ The Oresteia is a new translation by Oliver Taplin, edited by classics professor Josh…
Zen Traces: Exploring American Zen with Twain and Thoreau
Zen Traces (Paul Dry Books) juxtaposes passages from traditional Asian Zen masters’ questioning phrases; modern-day Zen, which has Western influences…
The Penguin Book of Hell
The Penguin Book of Hell (Penguin) is a collection of texts that document human beliefs about hell, ranging from the…
Into the Hands of Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East
Egypt has been the starting point of all major political and cultural trends in the Arab world in recent decades…
Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense
A new collection of short fiction from Joyce Carol Oates deals with questions of sex, violence, and desire in stories…
The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe
The cosmic web is a theory of the structure of the universe, which proposes that the universe looks like a…
Bruce Lee: A Life
Matthew Polly ’95 writes an authoritative account of film star Bruce Lee’s life. Lee made martial arts popular, bridged the…
The Great Gatsby: An Edition of the Manuscript
The Great Gatsby: An Edition of the Manuscript (Cambridge University Press), is a manuscript of the novel just one year…
Stranger: El Desafío de un Inmigrante Latino en la Era de Trump
Jorge Ramos, who was Univision’s anchorman for many years, examines his experience as a Latino immigrant in the present-day United…
Free-Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career, and Education
Peter Smith ’68 explains how the concept of learning needs an overhaul in our changing world. In Free-Range Learning in…
Faith, Power and Family: Christianity and Social Change in French Cameroon
From the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II, African Christians changed missionary works to…
The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment
Christian scholars in the 17th and 18th centuries laid the groundwork for the Enlightenment-era understanding of Islamic civilizations. They were…
1st and Forever
Former president of the National Football Foundation Bob Casciola ’58 defends football in the face of increasing criticism in 1st…
The Adventure of Thomas the Turtle
In this children’s book, Thomas goes to the “forbidden region” of the pond and is separated from his family. The…
